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A. LUGER.

I AND SEAT. No. 329,179. Patented Oct. 27, 1885.1

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A. LUGER.

STOOL AND SEAT. No. 329,179. Patented Oct. 27,1885.

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ANTO N LUGER, OF VIENNA, AUSTRIA-HUN GARY.

STOOL AND SEAT.

$PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.'329,179, dated October 27,1885.

Application filed September 15,1884. Serial No. 143,070. (No model.) Patentcdin Germany September 16, 1884, No. 31,869; in France September 16, 1884, No. 164,307; in England September 16, 1884, No.-12,464; in Austria-Hungary December 6, 1884, No. 34,783 and No. 56,627, and in Italy December 31, 1884, N0. 17,441/116.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTON LUGER, a resident of Vienna,and a citizen of the Empire of Austria-Hungary, have invented a new and useful Field-Bed and Chair- Cane, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device convertible into a cane, camp-chair, or table, and comprising upper and lower folding frames connected together.

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure 1 is a plan view of the upper folding frame of a fieldbed with the canvas or cover removed therefrom, said bed being adapted to be folded to constitute part of a cane. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan View of the lower folding frame unfolded and in po sition toreceivethe upperfoldingframc. Fig. dis a bottom plan View of alower folding frame having a less number of legs and designed more especially for usewhen the upper folding frame is to be used as atable or stool. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the upper folding frame of a table or camp-stool. Figs.'6 and 7 are side elevations of the folding frames folded and united into the form of a cane and illustrating different methods of clamping the arms and legs in closed position. Fig. 8 shows on a larger scale the mannerin which the two center pieces of the folding frames are connected to each other and secured by means of a screwnut when the frames are braced and stretched in unfolded positions, the legs being omitted from the lower frame. Fig. 9 is a top plan of the upper folding frame when in the position of a table, the outer linked rods being united by radial rods and a center link. Fig. 10 shows in detail one of the three-way cornerlinks A of Fig. 9. Figs. 11 and 12 show plan and section, respectively, of the central link, 13, of Fig. 9.

Similar letters of reference have been applied to corresponding parts.

The upper folding frame of my device consists of three or more arms, H, whose upper ends are connected by linked rods a, by which the canvas or other cover is supported. These arms have longitudinal grooves I on their interior faces for the reception of the rods and canvas when the device is folded. The arms H are pivotcd'near their lower ends to a common centerpiece, M, which is providcdwith a downwardly-projecting screw for connecting it with the lower folding frame.

The lower frame of my device consists of three or more legs,L, having interior grooves, I, and pivoted to a common center-piece, N, in the same manner as in the upper folding frame. The linked connecting rods G are preferably fixed to the legs at points remote from their extremities for the sake of cleanliness. The lower center-piece, N, is provided with a hole adapted to receive the screw on the upper center-piece, M.

In setting up my device the frames are unfolded or opened and the screw on the center-piece, M, inserted in the hole in the center-piece, N. The inwardly-projecting ends of the arms and legs then come in contact with each other, and the weight of the device will tend to stretch the canvas; but for a more perfect accomplishmentof this result I provide a nut, E, adapted to be screwed onto said screw and against the center-piece, N. (See Fig. 8.)

Fig. 1 illustrates a form of the upper folding frame adapted to be used for the ordinary field-bed or camp-stool; but in Figs. 5 and 9 I have shown a construction by means of which a more rigid and level top can be formed as, for instance, when it is desired to use the device as a table. In this construction the arms H are connected by peripheral side rods, a, which may be in pairs, the rods of each pair being in line with or at an angle to each other, and radial rods b extend from a center link, B, and connect with said side rods at points between the arms, preferably by means of the three-way links A. The radial rods b are pivoted to the central link, B, by knucklejoints, whereby the frame-work is prevented from sagging in the center, but may be folded by raising the link B.

The parts are secured in folded position in the form of a cane by means of caps or knobs G,screwed on the outer ends of the arms and legs; or rings 0 may be slipped over said parts. (See Figs. 5 and 7.)

I claim as my invention 1. The combination of an upper folding frame comprising arms connected at their outer ends, and a center-piece to which said arms are pivoted near their inner ends, a lower folding frame comprising connected legs anda center-piece to which said legs are pivoted near their inner ends, said center-pieces being out of contact with each other and the inner endsof said legs and arms abutting against each other, a screw on one of said center-pieces adapted to pass through a hole in the other, and a nut on said screw for drawing said center-pieces nearer to each other and stretching said frames, substantially as described.

2. A folding frame for a convertible camp stool and cane, comprising arms, a center-piece to which said arms are pivoted at their inner ends, peripheral rods connecting said arms at their outer ends, radial rods connecting said peripheral rods at intermediate points between said arms, and a center link connecting said radial rods, substantially as described.

3. A folding frame for a convertible campstool and cane,comprising arms, a center-piece to which said arms are pivoted at their inner ends, peripheral rods connecting said arms at their outer ends, radial rods connecting said peripheral rods atintermediate points between said arms. anda center link connecting said radial rods, said radial rods and center link being united by knuckle-joints, substantially as described.

4. A folding frame for a convertible camp stool and cane, comprising arms, a center-piece to which said arms are pivoted at their inner ends, peripheral rods connecting said arms at their outer ends, radial rods connecting said peripheral rods at intermediate points between said arms, and a center link connecting said radial rods, said peripheral and radial rods being connected by three-way links, substantially as described. y

.In testimony that'I claim the foregoing as myinvention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANTON LUGER.

Vitnesses:

, CLARENCE M. HYDE, SAMUEL WVERTHEIM. 

